Improvement in bosom-pads



lnitm Ciai BENJAMIN CARTER, 4OF MIDDLE'IOWN, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent No. 90,923, dated June 8, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOSOM-PADS.

The Schedule referred to :in these Letters Patent and making part of thesama To all whom 'it may concern Beit known that I, BnNJAMIN CARTER, oiMiddletown, county of MiddleseX,-and State of Connecti- Acut, haveinvented' an Improved Dress Besoin-Pad;

and I do hereby declare the same to be fully described in the followingspecifications, and represented in the accompanying drawings, of Which-lFignre I is a perspective view of the spring-frame, with the elasticcord attached.

Figure 2 is a perspective view with padding attached.

Figure 3 is a view as applied to the person.

Figure 4 is a sectional view.

lFigure 5 is a clasp for securing the springs together 'in the centre.

The object of my invention is to make a bosom-pad that shall beadjustable, light, and comfortable; and to by lengthening,

Lble length, and bent to the desired form, which are secured together atthe centre by a clasp 'or rivet.

At Yeach end of the springs a a c, an eye, e e, is formed, by bendingthe wire, or by attaching a clasp with an eye,th`rough which an elasticcord, D, is passed, and secured together at the ends, so as to produceany desired fnlness.

By shortening the cord, the fnlness is increased, the fulness isdiminished. Or the same result may be produced by attaching the elasticcord to the ends of the springs and crossing at the centre, the'frame-work being covered with musliu or other elastic material, andfilled with curled hair.

The operation and advantage of my bosom-pad over common pads are itsadjustability to particular cuts of dress, which are often numerousutoevery wearer, its lightness, and the entire relief `from heat andperspiration occasioned by the common pads.

What I claim, andv desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

An adjustable spring supporting-frame for bosompads, consisting of thesprings a, eyes e, and elastic cord D, combinedV substantially asdescribed and for the purpose set forth. v

BENJ. CARTER.

Witnesses:

l SAMUEL BABcocK,

' FREDERIGK BABcooK.

